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and obviously, it creates a lot of uncertainty in our economy. >> reporter: now, if those cuts go through, more than 12,000 people could lose their jobs in the state of maryland alone. and education could lose about $55 million in funding for next year. i'm vic carter. live at the white house. now back to you. >> all right, vic. >> on television hill. >> thank you, vic. >>> republicans do not agree with the president's approach to the looming budget crisis. today, wjz spoke to maryland's only republican congressman andy harris for reaction to the president's message. >> we disagree with the president. we think this government should be working on a budget that eventually balances. the president's budget never balances. the ryan budget this year and the house republican budget will balance in 10 years. >> and congressman harris represents maryland a first district. >> the maryland gas station sells the winning mega millions lottery ticket. christie ileto has more on the mystery surrounding the winner. >> reporter: somewhere in maryland, someone is sitting on a mega million jackpot ticket,
and obviously, it creates a lot of uncertainty in our economy. >> reporter: now, if those cuts go through, more than 12,000 people could lose their jobs in the state of maryland alone. and education could lose about $55 million in funding for next year. i'm vic carter. live at the white house. now back to you. >> all right, vic. >> on television hill. >> thank you, vic. >>> republicans do not agree with the president's approach to the looming budget crisis....
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the housing market has been a bright spot in the struggling economy. sales of 2012 were the best in five years. home prices have improved and construction of the new homes is on the rise. national association of realtors believes sales will continue to grow in 2013. >>> countries continue to trace food for traces of horse meat. it was eventually found in millions of burgers and frozen meals sold at supermarkets. it was also found in school meals and hospital foods in the uk. it's believed some of the horse meat was mixed in with beef in a processing plant and shipped out. >>> friday, sales on wall street finished flat. nasdaq fell 8. animated movie, characters like shrek, and kung fu padgedda, could soon be playing a starring role in russia. movie studio dream works said to a russian amusement park developer. would developer plan toss open indoor theme parks in moscow and st. petersburg in 2015. that's your money watch. in new york, i'm alison harmelin. >>> coming up on wjz's eyewitness news at 4:00, illegal immigrants. the president's plan and the con
the housing market has been a bright spot in the struggling economy. sales of 2012 were the best in five years. home prices have improved and construction of the new homes is on the rise. national association of realtors believes sales will continue to grow in 2013. >>> countries continue to trace food for traces of horse meat. it was eventually found in millions of burgers and frozen meals sold at supermarkets. it was also found in school meals and hospital foods in the uk. it's...
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to reduce our deficits without harming our economy. but congress has to act. >> reporter: the white house wants a plan with smaller spending cuts and more tax revenues. republicans say the government is already too bloated. and higher taxes should not be part of this equation. >> but expert isabel thawhill says the automatic cuts will hurt the economy. even though most government agencies should be able to weather them. >> most organizations can manage a cut of 5, 7% in their budgets. without long-term harm. i don't mean it won't be painful. it will be. >> reporter: allen simpson and erskine bowles say they will start feeling the effects of longer lines at the airport. >> when that happens, they're going to come to congress and say, we're sick of this. let's get together and do something smart. >> reporter: lawmakers will have just a few days to stop the automatic cuts when they return from recess next week. at the white house, danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> and the automatic cuts total $85 billion. the military alone wil
to reduce our deficits without harming our economy. but congress has to act. >> reporter: the white house wants a plan with smaller spending cuts and more tax revenues. republicans say the government is already too bloated. and higher taxes should not be part of this equation. >> but expert isabel thawhill says the automatic cuts will hurt the economy. even though most government agencies should be able to weather them. >> most organizations can manage a cut of 5, 7% in their...
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. >> counter counterfeit items hurt the economy and consumers, still some shoppers don't see a problem with it. >> reporter: saturday morning, baltimore county police shut down all shopping at north point plaza flea market in dundalk. they served warrant -- search warrants on 16 vendors. >> i thought it was a waste of time, when they could be out catching criminals. and noble -- nobody really cares. >> reporter: rita says most flea market shoppers know they are buying knockoffs. >> everybody don't have the money to buy the authentic, the paraphernalia they got out here, especially for the teams. >> reporter: vendors are accused of selling everything from fake purses to electronics and clothes, with bogus brand names like nike, apple and ugths. >> -- uggs. it's a huge industry. a multibillion dollar industry. they raided the flea market in patapsco and uncovered a counterfeiting ring with ties to new york city. >> reporter: in recent years, counterfeiters have goen so good, their items are making it into main stream market places. and it can be pretty easy for vendors to lower the price
. >> counter counterfeit items hurt the economy and consumers, still some shoppers don't see a problem with it. >> reporter: saturday morning, baltimore county police shut down all shopping at north point plaza flea market in dundalk. they served warrant -- search warrants on 16 vendors. >> i thought it was a waste of time, when they could be out catching criminals. and noble -- nobody really cares. >> reporter: rita says most flea market shoppers know they are buying...